Combined rattle and baby powder can



y 1951 F. E. BLOD 2,562,013

COMBINED RATTLE AND BABY POWDER CAN Filed April 8, 1949 IN VEN TOR.

Patented July 24, 3 a

COMBINED BATTLE ANDBABY POWDER Francis E. Blod, 'Tuclralioe, N. Y. Application April 8, 1949;Serial No. 86,181

This invention relates to amusement devices for-infants and relates more particularly to a novel noise-making device. or rattle which is associated with the upper wall of a dispensing container for baby powder or the like. v

The amusement device of the present invention-comprises the combination with a dispensing can for baby powder of a supplemental upper wall forming a closed chamber astride the powder chamber which contains solid particles such as.

lead shot which produce a characteristic rattle sound as the powder can is shaken for the purpose oi applying the powder to the skin.

5 An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which can be applied to a conventional talcum powder can with shaker top without requiring any alteration what'- soeverin the design or constructionof the can. ,Another object of the invention is to provide an amusement device of the character described which can be readily appliedto the powder can ai ter the same has been filled with powder and is otherwise ready for packaging.

..,Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a child's rattle or thelike formed in combination witha baby powder can which in no .way alters the. effective dimensions of the conventional can so that when the rattle assembly has been applied to the filled can, the lattermay be packaged in the same size of cardboard box that is presently used for the same powder container without the improvement of the present invention.

Still another object of theinvention steers.

vide a novel powder can attachment forming a rattle which utilizes as one of its walls the upper wall of the standard sheet metal dispensing contai'ner and which, when applied to the can, cannot thereafter be removed therefrom, thus elimi-.

nating the possibility of the chamber containin the lead shot or other noise-making particles from being opened by the child.

-A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which at a relatively small cost may convert a comhas usefulness even after the powder hasbee used up.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the.

3 but shows,

6 Claims. (01. rt-475) i a body'section Illand a cover section II. The

body section is illustrated as being generally square in horizontal section but it may be round,

5 mon talcum powder can into an article which a oval-shaped or otherwise without affecting the teachings of the present invention. After the can has been filled with powder the cover sec-' 5 PATENT o'FFicEf tion or top I l is applied thereto in the usual fash The cover section includes a top wall l2, a continuous downwardly extending flange l3, an'outwardly extending flange l4 and a second downwardlyextending flange I5 which is received on the upper rim of the can in force-fit relation.

It further includes a dispensing top including an.

upwardly extending central section l6 having openings I'ltherein and an annular flange 18 around the upper edge. A rotatable cap or clo-. sure 2| is rotatably carried by this section, the edges of which are downwardly turned to form a continuous flange 22 which engages the lower edge of flange l8-to prevent removal of the cap. Openings 23 in the cap register with openings ll... All the foregoing is conventional.

. The improvement constituting the present invention comprises a housing which may be formedoi sheet plastic, suitably molded to shape, sheet metal,or other material. It includes a top wall 2.4. and a continuous, downwardly extending flange .25 which is received around the ex-.

terior "of flange l3. It may also have an outwardly extending flange 26 which is seated on flange l4.

.1 The central section of the upper wall is defined by a recessed portion comprising a downwardly extending annular wall 30 and an upwardly extending annular wall 3| which terminates in a horizontal section 32 whose inner edge defines a circular opening. This circular opening is of substantially the samediameter as the external diameter of the side wall 33 of raised section l6 of the top section of the container.

A plurality of spaced, radially disposed slots 34 extend inwardly from the edge of the circular opening through the annular wall section 3| and atleast a part of annular wall section 32. If the housing is formed from sheet metal these slots may have vertical walls although if it is formed ofmolded plastic they are preferably of dove-tail contour and wider at their lower ends as shown at .35 Fig. 4 since it is more expeditious to form the molding die in this manner.

, .Tomount the housing on the can the housing may first be inverted and the small shot 36 then placed within the housing after which the cen-.

tral dispensing portion of the can is aligned with the central opening. The rotatable closure 2| is then-forced through the opening, causing the. jaw; sections 3| toretract during this passage. As soon as the jaw sections clear the flange 22 they snap; inwards into engagement with cylindrical wall 33 and the housing is locked in place. During this passage the flange 25 of the housing moves downwardly over flange l3 H In the'rnodifi'ed arrangementriof Fig.5 the top 38 of the container hasa slightly longer neck 39' and the rotatable cap 4|] is also somewhat longer than that shown in Fig. 3. The lower edge 41' of the housing 42 in this instance rests. upon the: upper wall 43 of the top and the upper edge 44 of the housing thus occupies a lower position relative to the rotatable cap. Thus, the cap is more readily rotated since there-'moreufingen; room as will be evident from a comparison of Fig. 5 with Fig. 2.

In. this instance the inner edge 45 of the openirigin the housing is receivedunder =the shoulder formedby the lower edge 46 6f the rotatable cap or itmay be so proportioned as to ble -received in arrannular recess 4? thecap. In'eith'eninstance, the housing is-movedbasi-l'y' over"the-'=cap* duringwhich movement the jaw-sections 31 re -5 tract "outwardly until the housing is" iri place ati which time the jaw sections move inwardly.;'

,While two forms or embodiments 'of-the' invention'have been'shown-and described'hereiirf'o'r illustrative purposes; and the constru'otiori-- and arrangement incidental to specific-applications thereofhave been disclosedand discussed=in de-* tail, it is .to be. understood that the invention is limited neither toth'e mere details or'relative arrangement of parts, nor to'its specificjembo'di-' ments shown herein, but that extensive deviations from the. illustrated forms or embodiments of the, invention may be made without"dep'arting from the principles thereof; Q

Wh'at I claim is:

1. The combination'with acontainer foripowa der. or the like 'andprovided'withannpperwall having ,a raised, perforated dispensing top and a rotatable. flanged closure therefor, of a; noise making device comprising a housing having an" opening which receives saidiraijs'ed top and in= cludinga top walland a sidewall extending down-1 wardly to the upper wall. .of "the contairierand formingtherewith a closed chamber, jaw sections of resilient material formed around the edge of such opening which are arranged to retractjby yielding as the housing is moved downwardly over the. rotatable closure, the edges of said i aw sectionlbeing. arranged to underlie and engage the. fiangeon the closure to retain the housingfin place, and armovable noiseemakingim'ember with; inthe closed chamber.v i f 2.. The combinationwith a container for. pow= der or the like and providedwith, an upper wall having a raised,.periorated dispensingftop and a rotatable-flanged closure therefon'of noise-,. making device comprisinga housing'having a top wall and a flange extending downw'ardlyfrom' the Y peripher thereof iwhiclrreceives the upper, edge of the containeriand whichio'rms with'such upper wall a closed chamber,"such'top wall hav' ing an opening of substantially the same diameter as the raisedtop of the "container; the edge ofthe opening being received b'elowthe edge of "said flanged closure, such topwallbeing provided with an annular recessed portion betweensuchopening and the margins of such top walljsaid recessed portion having spaced, radially disposed s'lots'ex tending outwardly from the edges of theopening tosprovide jaw sections which are-arranged to retract as the housing is moved downwardly'pver therotatable closure, and-a movable noise-mak inggmember within the closed chamberr- '3." In" a container *for' powder or' the-alike and Bis 4 provided with an upper wall having a central, raised, perforated dispensing top and a rotatable flanged closure therefor, the combination of a noise-making jde'ViCe comprising a housing having'an opening through which the raised dispensing top extends and comprising a top wall and a flange extending downwardly from the periphery thereof-Ste the upper wall of the container and forming therewith a closed chamber,

a solid particle disposed Within such chamber and agitatedy suchbtopwall being provided with an annularv recessed portion adjacent such upper walll'said recessed portion having spaced, radially disposed slots extending outwardly from the opening to provide '3' awsections which' 'are caused to retract-as "the 1 housing is"moved-downwardlyover the rotatable clcsure;- the=edges' of said-'ja'w sections defining said opening and being arrangedto underlie'the flange on the-closure toretainthe' housingin-place: v l lfThe combinationwitha container--fdr'-pow f der or the *lilr'e and provided with an' upper w all having araised', perforated'dispensing *tOp-anda rotatableflanged closure therefor, ofa noise-r making device comprising a housing havinga top wall and aflange extending downwardly from" the periphery thereof "which engages the upper wallof'the-container and'which forms-with such upper wall a closed chamber, such top wall having an' openingof substantially the same diameter as the raised" top of the container and-through" which" said raised top extends, and the topwall being provided withan annular recessed "portion between such opening and the margins of such top' wall, said "recessed portion having "spaced," radially-disposed slots extending floutw'ardly from the opening to provide plural'jaw sections which retract as the housingis moved downwardlyover the rotatable closure,- the edges 'ofsaid jaw sec tions, defining said opening and being! arranged to underlie the flange onthe closure to retain the housing inpla'ce; and a movable' noise-inakingi member withinthe closed-chambers.

5. The combination with a container for pow; der er the like'and provided witn'annpper' wall having a raised, perforated dispensingtopand.

provided with an annular recess whichiorms'a shoulder, 10f" anoise-inaking "device comprising a housing having a top wall and 'a'flange extending downwardly; from" the periphery thereof which" engages the upper wall of .the container and'whichdo'rms with such upperwall' a'closed chamber, such top Wall havingan opening jof substantially; the same diameter as'the raised top of the container and "through-"whicH 1 said raised top extendsfthe top"wall being'gprovided with an annular recessed portion'between'such opening and the margins of such topjwall, said recessed portion having spacedg'radially disposed slots extending outwardlyfrom' the opening to provide plural 'j aw "secticnswhio'h retract 'as the housing is moved downwardly over the, rotatable closure,v the edges or" said jaw sections being arranged "to underlie the shouldenassociated with the top, and a movable noise-makingmembr in the close'd'chainber:'

6. The combination with a powder container provided with an upper wall havi'ng a"rai sed,' perforateddispensing 'to'pyof a 'nciseanaking device comprising a housing having'a top-wall with a central opening fo'rreceivingthe rais'ed top and having a flangewhich extends downward from the *peri-pherypfthe top wallfto the-com tainer} td form -therewith a iclosed i'chainbeii, 1a.-

movable noise-making member within the closed chamber, and a rotatable closure mounted On the perforated dispensing top and having a part overlying said housing around the central opening therein to hold the housing down against 5 the container.

FRANCIS- E. BLOD.

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